Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-08
PEACE AND PLENTY.
The Happy Results OF Three Year, {
DsmocrntIc Experience


Democratic Experience
Three years ago the electors OF the country
placed the Executive branch % the Govern
Inent in the hands of TIE Democratic party
The trust reposed in il has been faithfully full
filled Tne country has had the benefit OF
wise. safe, honest and economical adrnintstra-
ton OF the government, ana that is al that IS
expected OF any political party Inc laws
have been impartiEliy enforced. the revenues
have been faithfully collected, the standard OF
Official integrity has been raised, the navy has
been ru-ltied In its methods and strengthened
in its resources AID in SIS foreign relat oas tne
peace as well as the honor OF tne country h-Ao
been steadily preserved
There is no denying these ringing
and unchallenged statements of Cover
nor Hill. They are. however. n source
of sore discomfort TO certain Republican
leaders. who can not help seeing that
the country is in a distressingiy and
as far as they are concerned. an Omin-
ously prosperous condition. Mere par
tisanship may gnash its teeth at the
success of "A Democratic Administration,
for il is thereby deprived of the cakes
and ale which an office-grabber always
includes in his definition OF patriotisI8
but the great body of American people
are grateful for National prosperity NE
matter by which political party il -
achieved.
These Republican leaders were very
poor prophets i'll 1884. They foretOl6
National ruin, the extinction OF our
industries and n general crash and
smash in case il Democrat should w
made President. There was to be ~
eclipse of the sun and moon; there
were to be epidemics and plaques the
Confederate debt was to be paid;
Il fn la f.,l, lief,n I af
once and the undertaken would make
ready TO take charge of the delunct
Republic. This was the agreeable pct-
ure presented TO American citizens
by the politicians who had fattenetl on
the perquisites of Office. given away.
| two hundred million acres OF our pub,
! lie domain. spent one hundred millions
of dollars on a navy of which any
| third rate power on the globe would
be ashamed and retained unnecessary
taxes until the Treasury was bursting
with a surplus which the people
needed for the conduct of their buSis
ness and which the Government had
no use for.
These gentlemen. who feared the ale
vent of the Democracy and pfetended
| that their fears were born OF their die
| interested patriotism, have been make
ing history Twenty-Five years. and tlI0
people are reading now page by page
Senator Sherman. Mr.. Foraker. Of Ohio.
and Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, have stHrN-
| lily protested that the Republican e.
cutcheon was undimmed by scandal.
and that when the books were eKarDe'
ined they would be found to be COZ
u n
ut the recklessness of such assertions
at the monumental impertinence which
insisted that black and white, was. in
suited the people by regarding them
as fools who liked nothing better than
to be gulled. There was the Whisky
ring, the Credit Mobiier infamy, the
land robbery, the monstrous cor {.
ruption by which poor Hayes was
counted in. the innumerable navy jobs.
and a score more of colossal misdeal-
ings, every one of them the accusa-
ton and the proof of dishonesty. Still
the Republican escutcheon was TN
dimmed.
You will be ruinedr' they cried, and
hoped the lie would keep them in pow
er. They even scattered throughout
Virginia 4 lot of chrOmos ornamented
with a slave block and an auctioneer
selling black men to the highest bid
der, and legend containing the ago
nizing assurance that if Mr.. Cleveland
were elected the old times would all
come back again. and the South
would fight and win in Congress the
battles which it lost in the Wilderness
and at AppOmattox- Business was to-
go to the dogs. taxes were to be raised
and every conceivable disaster light
like a yulture on the carcass of the Re-
public and pick its bones.
Well, the country has had three yeals
of Democratic experience. The stsn
shines, the rain falls, the crops grow,
the seasons change just the same as ever.
Not quite the same. though, for we
have never been SO prosperous or con-
tented rs we are to-day. The bloody
shirt IS waved in vain. The three pal
sizes have not taken effect. The South,
North. East and West never under
stood each other so well, and never re-
spected each other so much. We have
become one people. united people. a
satisfied people. a people who are
growing rich That is enough to say,
for it includes law and order, the
protection of our homes and honesty
in public Office.
The Republicans would like a.
change. But the people will have no
change. and that ends it-A. T. Her q
aid.
The Democratic party is in the